| Description |
1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences |
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SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences.
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| Contents |
The "binding force" of everyday speech -- Formal pragmatics and the logic of conversation -- The doctrine of literal expression and the theory of speech acts -- The organization of talk -- Order without rules |
| Summary |
"Order Without Rules establishes the basic terms for a critical discourse between the theory of communicative action and the tradition of practice-based inquiries inspired by Wittgenstein and elaborated within the field of ethnomethodology. It argues that such a discourse not only is possible, but that it is essential if critical theory is to move beyond the crisis caused by the decline of the great rationalist social projects of the past two centuries and the simultaneous rise of an array of post-enlightenment and anti-rationalist movements waiting to take their place." "Order Without Rules addresses the "problem of rationality" in its most contemporary incarnation: the critical theory of the German philosopher and social critic, Jurgen Habermas. Habermas attempts to resolve the Weberian paradox by identifying the rational "core" of communication with universal processes of interpretive understanding that are present in everyday conversation. Drawing upon the work within the Wittgensteinian and ethnomethodological traditions of linguistic and social analysis, this book questions whether the logic of language underlying Habermas's theory of communicative action is in fact the defining feature of conversational practice."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-181) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication -- Social aspects.
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Conversation -- Social aspects
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
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Communication -- Social aspects
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Conversation -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98007242 |
| ISBN |
0585283192 |
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9780585283197 |
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0791496953 |
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9780791496954 |
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